Protective inclosure for reactors and similar apparatus



March 1933- s. l. OESTERREICHER 1,899,931

PROTECTIVE INCLOSURE FOR REACTORS AND SIMILAR APPARATUS Filed Dec. 9, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORN EYS INVENTOR March 1933- s. 1. OE'S'TERREICHER 3 PROTECTIVE INCLOSURE FOR REACTORS AND SIMILAR APPARATU Filed Dec. 9, 1 930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 7, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SANDOR I. OESTERREICHER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW

DEVICE CORPORATION,

YORK, ASSIGNOR TO METROPOLITAN OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK Application filed December My present invention relates to protective inclosures or shields for coils, generally, used in'alternatingcurrent-circuits and more particularly to reactor coils of large size used for the protection of alternating current generators and power circuits in which changing or alternating electric and magnetic forces of reatintensity are involved.

guch reactor coils' am used in alternating current power systems to protect the apparatus against destructive currents in the event of short circuiting.

' In the installation of reactors of the above type the reactors-are placed inside of metallic containers which'act as shields against external or internal electrical disturbances between'the reactor and ground.

Due' to the large stray fluxes surrounding such reactors,secondary currents are induced the surrounding shields or inclosures, which secondary 'currents'during normal operation increase considerablythe total reactor-losses and cause considerable heating withinthe shields. During abnormal circuit disturbances, "such as take place in short circuits, enormous mechanical forces are also created within these shields which tend to burst them. To prevent their collapse under these circumstances the shields must be made unduly heavy and strong.-

- An object of the present invention is to eliminate or preventin'duced secondary currents in the reactor inclosure or shield.

In my invention the inclosure or shield is so constructedas to'break up or isolate any secondary currents that may be'formed by stray fluxes, and to break up or interrupt by insulation'orother means, the paths of any secondary currents that might be generated by stray fluxes. This is preferably accomplished by making the shield or inclosure in sections and placing insulation between these sections in such a manner as to intercept and break the path of any secondary currents that may be generated in the shield. The quantities of such secondary currents may also be diminished at selected places in the shield by theuse of inserts of high resistance material, or= bycutting away the shield or locating openings therein at the place of greatest sec- 9, 1930. Serial No. 501,047.

ondary current. The inclosure or shield may be of any desired shape such as cylindrical, square or rectangular.

The various features of the invention are illustrated in the drawings, in which;

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a reactor inclosure embodying a preferred form of the invention.

F 2 is a section through the inclosure Fig. 9 is a part sectional elevation of an upper part of a modified form of inclosure. Fig. 10 is a plan view of a still further modification of the-top of inclosure.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 7 of the above drawings, the inclosure is formed by a cylindrical wall formed of multiple partcylindrical metal plates, 11, 12, 13 and 14, having suitable flanges whereby they may be joined on their longitudinal edges. The plates or sections, 11 and 12, and the plates or sections, 13 and 14, are joined to form complementary semi-cylindrical plates as indicated in Fig. 4. The vertical flange, 15, of the section 14, and a complementary flange, 16, of the section 12, are then bolted together by means of suitable bolts 17 as indicated in Fig. 7. A strip 18 of suitable insulating material, such as micarta, fibre or rubber, is then placed between the complementary flanges 19 and 29 of the sections 11 and 13 respectively, and these flanges are bolted to opposite sides of the insulating insert 18 by means of bolts 21 or other suitable fastenings. To prevent an electrical connection between the flanges 19 and 20 through the bolt 21, the bolt 21 is encircled by and separated from the flanges 19 and 20 by a spool-like insert 22 of insulating material. In this way the sections 'or flanges 11 and 13 are isolated from each otl centre of the top plate, as shown in Fig. 9, by er and the passage of an induced or secondary thus eliminating metal for the passage of electric circuit circuinterentially about the currents, induced currents at these places wall, or shield formed of the sections 11-14 may be entirely eliminated. Or an openis intercepted and prevented. ing may be provided at the centre of the top It will be apparent that the fiange15, 16, or bottom plates and may be closedby a 19 and'20 may be formed on theirrespective plate "44} of yry highly resistant material sections by means of angles riveted thereto which, through its high resistance minimizes or may be formed integrally or in any other 'an y induced currents that may be generated suitable manner. w f at this point. 1 1

A P 1 and a bbttom plate, lt wil-l -be understood that the above'emare also provided for the inclosure and are 7 bodiment may be modified to accommodate bolted or otherwise securedat-tlieir peri-ph- "them to '--diifere1it shapesan'd conditions of eries to upper and lower flanges25 and 26 use. Through the above invention secondrespectively, of the cylindrical side W llary currents induced in the reactor inclosure The top plate 23 is formed of tWosemi-cyare intercepted and broken up or. reduced, lin fll Sections, 27' l W l1.,f 1 v fi thereby eliminating the heating and energy ends of the sen'iirylindric-al shields made by losses and, eliminating the expensive and de the SQClZlOIlS v and 1314 'respectively. struc tive forces ccurring upon short cir- Similarly the bottom of the inclosure is cuiting v I made of a pair of complementary serhi-cir- Wh t I l im i y l Plates 29 a e i ii ge 1. Electric apparatus comprising a reactof the plates 27, 28, 29 and'30 haVe tw d ance coil and an inclosure therefor, comprisfl ge 31 and 32 Similar to h fl nges ing ;a, metallic shield and int'erceptingstrips and 20. i otinsulating material in the path of second- Strips of insulatingmaterial 33' are inserted between the flanges 31 and 32 andfthe flanges are bolted to oppositesides otthese strips by bolts 34, as, shown in Fig. 5, suitable insulating spools 35 being inserted about 'the shanks of the bolts. In thisinannerlthe top'fand bottom of the inclosure. are divided into two semi-circular insulated partsv As the induced currents iii-the top ,and bottom plates have a circular path about the axis 'ofthe inclosure thisfins'ulation servesvto break up and isolate these inducedfc irrents,

The reactor inclosure may" be supported by 'm'e'ans f'of suitable insulators, 36, and-the reactor coil 37 maybe similarly supported within the inclosure byjsuitablej'ii sulating supports 38. An inlet opening or collar, 89, is provided in the cylindricalsi-de wall'of the inclosu're. The outlet openingorc'ollar 41,1of the reactor pass, the other conductor, 42, entering through the collar 39. v The col lax-340' may be formed of two semncyl ndri cal parts joined on longitudinaledges-in alignment with the flanges 31v and 32 of the top plate and insulated fromeach other,as, indicated in Fig. 4. j

-It will be under-stood that instead of dividing the t-opand the bottom plates into semi-circular halves, they may be. divided into'a number of angular segments 43 as i dicated Fig. 8, each of thesesegments' being-insulated from the adjoining one by a suitable insulating layer. I v v I,

The greatest intensity of magnetic flux occurs in the centre of the top and bottom plates. To avoid the generation OLE-excessive currents at these places, the outlet'passage 4O forthe' conductor 41 maybe located at the ary induced; currents in jS211Cl;1IlClOS1l16.

2. Electric apparatus comprising-a. reacts: ance coil and aninclosure therefor, comprising' sections having. adjoining edges interv secting the path of induced currents and sep-- arated and insulated: from each other.

3. Electric apparatus comprising a.react:

. ance coil and anrinclosuretheretor which comprises a, cylindric'aLwall, said wall being =discontinuous eircuinferentiallyand; the oppositeedges at! said discontinuity beingsula ed 'r meach ther. 49. Electric apparatus comprising aireactance, coil. and an. inclosure :f therefor which comprises-an-,encircling wall, said wall be-,. ing; discontinuous circumferentially and theopposed edgesat said discontinuity being insulated from each other.. 1 1 5 Electric. apparatus comprising a react-r;

. ance coil and an inclosure therefor, compris ing an encircling wall andlongitudinally insulating inserts. in .said wall to interrupt the circuit about the said wall.

,6. ectric apparatus, comprising aireact ance coil and.an.inclos ure therefor; which.

comprises an encircling wall, said ;wall.being made ot sect ons joined at longitudinal joints,-v

' and longitudinally insulating strips between 7.,Iillectric apparatus comprising a reactance, coil and an 2 inclosure therefor, which comprises an encirclingwall, said, wall be ing made of sectionsjoined at longitudinal joints,;and longitudinally insulating stripss between saidsections, and end plates completing said inclosure, said end plates having current impeding means.-

'8...Electric apparatus comprising'ia reactr ance, ,coil and .an, ginclosure therefor, which cdmprises an encircling mama wall be,-

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ing made of sections joined at longitudinal joints, and longitudinal insulating strips between said sections, and end plates, said end plates having radial current intercepting means.

9. An inclosure for reactors and similar apparatus, which comprises an encircling wall, said wall being made of sections joined at longitudinal joints, and longitudinally insulating strips between said sections, end plates and radial intercepting strips in said end plates.

10. An inclosure for reactors and similar apparatus, which comprises an encircling wall, said wall being made of sections joined at longitudinal joints, and longitudinally insulating strips between said sections, and end plates completing said inclosure and containing a central opening therein.

11. An inclosure for reactors and similar apparatus, which comprises an encircling wall, said wall being made of sections joined at longitudinal joints, and longitudinally insulating strips between said sections, and

5 end plates completing said inclosure and containing a central opening therein, end plates and high resistance plates covering said central opening.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

SANDOR I. OESTERREICHER. 

